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Alabama’s Indefensible New Immigration Law Originally Posted: 05/25/2012 - 1:11pm | Type: Blog: Last week, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley made a morally indefensible decision. He signed HB 658, which intensifies the climate of fear that already hangs over Alabama like low dark clouds before a hurricane. ...
Iowa Congressman's immigrant slur Originally Posted: 05/22/2012 - 1:54pm | Type: Blog: As reported by Salon : Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, compared immigrants to dogs at a town hall meeting yesterday, telling constituents that the U.S. should pick only the best immigrants the way one chooses the “pick of the litter.” Read th ...
Immigration: Joel Osteen Gets Political Originally Posted: 05/21/2012 - 1:00pm | Type: Blog: In an uncharacteristic move, televangelist and bestselling author Joel Osteen, senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, stepped into the political arena briefly to talk about Alabama's House Bi ...
The 'Field of Panties': Sexual Violence and Immigrant Farmworkers Originally Posted: 05/21/2012 - 10:23am | Type: Blog: They call it the field de calzon — the "field of panties" — because so many rapes happen there. On Wednesday, the organization Human Rights Watch released the report Cultivating Fear: The Vulnerabili ...
Violence Against Women Doesn't Discriminate Originally Posted: 05/16/2012 - 11:25pm | Type: Blog: The House of Representatives votes today on a version of the Violence Against Women Act that would limit protections to immigrant, LGBT and American Indian abuse victims. House Republicans argue that Democrats ...
Church Leaders Speak Out on VAWA Originally Posted: 05/16/2012 - 11:49am | Type: Blog: For CNN , Leith Anderson and Lynne Hybels on the new version of the Violence Against Women Act being debated by Congress: This week the House of Representatives is considering a proposal to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, ...
Violence Against Women Act Faces Congressional Threat Originally Posted: 05/16/2012 - 11:26am | Type: Blog: Some victims, it seems, are more worthy than other victims. This is the clear message sent by a deeply flawed version of the Violence Against Women Act that is headed for a vote in the U.S. House of Representa ...
Unable to Work, Indian Immigrant Women Turn to Spiritual Practices for Comfort Originally Posted: 05/11/2012 - 9:55am | Type: Blog: LOS ANGELES -- Even though she met her husband through an arranged marriage, Pooja Sindhwani considers herself a modern woman. She worked in interior design in her native India for four years, and she and her ...
As a Nation of Immigrants, What Do We Value? Originally Posted: 05/10/2012 - 1:33pm | Type: Blog: Our friends at the National Immigration Forum started a new campaign today to advocate for Citizenship and Integration grant funding. Our friends at the National Immigration Fo ...
Civil Disobedience in Alabama on HB56 Originally Posted: 05/03/2012 - 1:33pm | Type: Blog: Civil disobedience hits the Alabama State Legislature today in opposition of the HB56 legislation on immigration. See the livestream for the latest updates: Civil disobedience hits the ...